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Gerald A. Deaver — 38 Patents

GE: 24 patents #1,048 of 36,430Top 3%
GAGe-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas: 14 patents #7 of 279Top 3%
Wilmington, NC: #11 of 905 inventorsTop 2%
North Carolina: #922 of 45,564 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #84,675 of 4,157,543Top 3%
38 Patents All Time
Gerald A. Deaver has been granted 38 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in August 2023. Gerald A. Deaver ranks #84,675 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Gerald A. Deaver in Wilmington, NC, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 38 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11728050 Methods of moving an induction coil to move a control element in a nuclear reactor Kenneth A. Morgan, David L. Major, Randy M. Brown 2023-08-15
11530769 Reactor pressure vessel including pipe restraint device, and/or pipe restraint device Joel Patrick Melito, Randy M. Brown, Lorne Eugene Nix 2022-12-20
11501886 Magnetically-actuated isolated rod couplings for use in a nuclear reactor control rod drive Kenneth A. Morgan, David L. Major, Randy M. Brown 2022-11-15
11322266 Modular fluid flow distribution system in which differently shaped plates can be rearranged to different positions Mitra Hosseini, Jesus G. Diaz-Quiroz, Randy M. Brown 2022-05-03
11232874 Multiple-path flow restrictor nozzle Joel Patrick Melito, Randy M. Brown, Zhe Zhang, Robin D. Sprague, Adrian M. Mistreanu 2022-01-25
10872703 Moveable isolated rod couplings for use in a nuclear reactor control rod drive Kenneth A. Morgan, David L. Major, Randy M. Brown 2020-12-22
10867713 Methods of storing nuclear reactor internals Robin D. Sprague, David A. Rickard, David L. Major 2020-12-15
10770189 Magnetically-actuated isolated rod couplings for use in a nuclear reactor control rod drive Kenneth A. Morgan, David L. Major, Randy M. Brown 2020-09-08
10553322 Modular fluid flow distribution system in which differently shaped plates can be rearranged to different positions Mitra Hosseini, Jesus G. Diaz-Quiroz, Randy M. Brown 2020-02-04
10473255 Reactor pressure vessel including pipe restraint device, and/or a pipe restraint device Joel Patrick Melito, Randy M. Brown, Lorne Eugene Nix 2019-11-12
10147508 Reactor pressure vessel assembly including a flow barrier structure Robin D. Sprague 2018-12-04
10128007 Chimneys having joinable upper and lower sections where the lower section has internal partitions Robin D. Sprague, David A. Rickard, David L. Major 2018-11-13
8873695 Reactor pressure vessel head vents and methods of using the same John L. Gels, David J. Keck 2014-10-28
8355481 Pressure vessel sliding support unit and system using the sliding support unit Michael R. Breach, David J. Keck 2013-01-15
6351511 Local repair of top guide in boiling water reactor by installation of cruciform beam James Walton Pyron, Anh N. Nguyen 2002-02-26 $92,364,000
6108391 Apparatus for performing jet pump riser pipe repairs David B. Drendel, Siamak Bourbour, Leonard J. Sharpless, Arunachalam Mahadevan 2000-08-22 $176,752,000
6086120 Methods and apparatus for performing jet pump riser pipe repairs Siamak Bourbour 2000-07-11 $241,772,000
6053652 Apparatus for performing jet pump riser pipe repairs Siamak Bourbour, Don Schrein, John Geddes Erbes 2000-04-25 $197,542,000
6052425 Jet pump auxiliary wedge John Geddes Erbes, Frank Ortega 2000-04-18 $219,543,000
6000731 Assemblies and methods for coupling piping to a safe end of a nuclear reactor James E. Charnley 1999-12-14 $182,364,000
5978433 Jet pump wedge locking support apparatus John Geddes Erbes 1999-11-02 $74,349,000
5912936 Pipe connector assembly James E. Charnley 1999-06-15 $168,570,000
5901192 Core spray line riser apparatus and methods Barry H. Koepke 1999-05-04 $100,591,000
5876146 Apparatus and methods for repairing jet pump diffusers in a nuclear reactor James Walton Pyron, Anh N. Nguyen 1999-03-02 $118,228,000
5809098 Method for sealing a stub tube in a nuclear reactor 1998-09-15 $54,368,000